as in ignorant
lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books
an officer who seemed to be completely unread in military theory
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Recent Examples of unread
Problem: You’re burdened with a huge pile of unread messages.
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Chris Guillebeau, Contributor, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2025
Instead of an impersonal email drowning in a sea of unread messages, RCS guides customers through a step-by-step process—uploading documents, chatting with an advisor and seeing real-time approval estimates with interactive sliders.
—Jēnna Reese, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Though messages are permitted, hundreds of them are usually left unread on his accounts, many from potential commercial partners looking to work with his most famous client.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The California Department of Motor Vehicles is warning residents to leave those messages unread to avoid becoming victims of a widespread scam.
—Kendrick Marshall, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Chris Guillebeau, Contributor, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2025
Instead of an impersonal email drowning in a sea of unread messages, RCS guides customers through a step-by-step process—uploading documents, chatting with an advisor and seeing real-time approval estimates with interactive sliders.
—Jēnna Reese, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Though messages are permitted, hundreds of them are usually left unread on his accounts, many from potential commercial partners looking to work with his most famous client.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The California Department of Motor Vehicles is warning residents to leave those messages unread to avoid becoming victims of a widespread scam.
—Kendrick Marshall, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unread
Adjective
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Consequently, many of those enslaved in Texas remained ignorant of the proclamation’s potential impact on their lives, or of the fact the Civil War had functionally ended two months earlier.—
Timothy Welbeck,
The Conversation,
16 June 2025
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Careless or ignorant reporting has obscured objective reality.—
Nicholas DiMarzio,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Look for bronze or dark spots on the foliage or prominent purple veins.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 July 2025
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Michigan is home to six dark sky state parks, three international dark sky parks and an international dark sky sanctuary.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
9 July 2025
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“Unread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unread. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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